This year’s East Lecturer is Dr. Louis Newman, from Carleton College, and his talk is titled “The Challenge of Repentance, The Problem of Forgiveness: Windows into the Human Condition.”

We all sin, and we all confront the sins of others. But how we deal with these realities — in our interpersonal lives, but also as a society — says much about how we think about morality, justice, and compassion. In this lecture, Louis Newman, a Jewish ethicist, will offer some perspectives on these issues that draw on his own tradition, but speak to essential aspects of our humanity.

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